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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

4e it knownthat I, JASON HILL, of Astwood, near Redditch, in Worcestershire, England, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in the Manner of Putting up Needles in Wrappers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, lmaking a part of this specification, in which-f Figure 1 represents a package of needles in its wrapper, and as it appears when two folds of the wrapper are opened and the flap turned back. Figures 2 and 3 represent modifications of the same general plan of putting up the needles and gaining access to them without handling them.

Figures 4, 5, and 6, respectively, represent the shape, form, fold, vand location of the needles, (in the wrappers or papers shown in figs. 1 2 3, in a partially folded state,)when said packages or papers are entirely unfolded I am aware that'many forms or ways of putting up needles to prevent them from dropping, or corrosion from handling, have been devised and used, but I haveseen none where the needles are so easily and readily accessible as by my plan, a.nd at the same time so secure from handling` or corrosion.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the saniezwith reference to the drawings.

"Fig 1 represents one form of wrapper or plan `of putting upthe needles, and'in the position'it wouldbe when partially opened up to gain access to the needles, which are seen at a. To close up this package, the'ap b isrst laid down upon -tlle needles,'then the lower end c ofthe packageis folded up andpagainst theflap b,

and then the upper portion d is turned down and the lower portion stuck into it, or vice versa. Thereverse of this operation opens up the package, as -will be readily understood. .In iig. 4 I have shown, though on a reduced scale,the appearance of the package, fig. 1 when entirely unfolded, the dotted lines representing the creases made by the foldings. This wrapper whenv spread lout is inthe' form of 'a quadrangular figure, with an angular flap, b, on one of its ends. The needles a a having been stuck into strips of paper or cloth, e, fastened to or laid in the wrapper or envelope, or having beenfstuck inv the wrapper or envelope itself, so that the tops of the needles shall beopposite the opening f, then .the wrapper is folded down rst atthe creasel, 'then this double thickness is folded over -at the .crease 2, which brings the package into the form shown in iig. 1; then, as above mentioned, the ap b is laid down, the portion 'c folded up, and the top d turned down, and the two fpocketed one into the other in the well-known way. v Y

By this plan`of wrapping or enveloping needles, the user can take the package in the left hand and open or hold it in said hand, whilst with the other hand a needle may bev selected and the package again closed by the left hand, without handling or soiling the needles or allowing them to drop.

l'This general description covers the other modifications of wrappersshownvin figs. 2, 5, and 3, 6. As shown in fig. 2, the flap b is quadrangular, and as also seen in fig. 5, the wrapper is of a rectangular orsquare form, and has two cuts, g nmadc in it. The needlesv in this c asel are stuck in a separate strip of paper or cloth, which maylbe pasted to the ilap z', that is formed in making the opening through which the heads of the needles -are seen, selected, and the needle drawn out. This wrapper or envelope is first folded at the crease 1, then at the crease 2, then the ap j is tur-ned down, or it and the flap I: both turned down together; then 'the part e, and finally the portion d, which latter may bepocketed together, or pasted, or otherwise fastened for transportation. Thecut or slash t in the wrapper may be dispensed with. It will be seen,however, that in this as in that shown l at iig. 1, the user can hold and open the package with the left hand, whilst the right hand may draw out the selected needle and the package again closed by the left hand without handling, soiling, or dropping the needles. And further, that in opening the wrapper, the iiap'b swings to the left, as in that shown in fig. 1.

In figs. Sand 6 the same gcneral'form and characteristics are shown, the diiferenc'e being only in the size of the flaps b and j, and the heads of the needles showing on the hack of the wrapper, instead of through an opening in the wrapper. The iiap b swings to the left in opening up access to thev needles, and it is held down by folding c and 0l against it.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure'by Letter(` Patent, is-

In combination with a wrapper in or on which needles Aare placed or stuck, an incision or llap at or near the upper lefthand corner, for forming a cover for and for gaining access to the tops of the needles, substantially i if the ur ose described. i l I as au or p p .IASGN HILL.

vWitnesses:

FREDERICK T. WEBSTER, HARVEY E. MoLE. 

